Abstaining and carousing: Substance use among adolescents in the Western Isles of Scotland

Drug and Alcohol Dependence

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 189-196

  Anderson, Kellie ^a   Plant, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Prevalence; Religion; Scotland; Substance use

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ILLICIT DRUG; SOLVENT;

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; TOBACCO; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030200295     PISSN: 03768716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0376-8716(96)01251-3     Document Type: Article

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